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Deu_33_01 And this [is] the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. ~

Deu_33_02 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand [went] a fiery law for them. ~

Deu_33_03 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints [are] in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; [every one] shall receive of thy words. ~

Deu_33_04 Moses commanded us a law, [even] the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. ~

Deu_33_05 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of Israel were gathered together. ~

Deu_33_06 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few. ~

Deu_33_07 And this [is the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help [to him] from his enemies. ~

Deu_33_08 And of Levi he said, [Let] thy Thummim and thy Urim [be] with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; ~

Deu_33_09 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. ~

Deu_33_10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. ~

Deu_33_11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. ~

Deu_33_12 [And] of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; [and the LORD] shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. ~

Deu_33_13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD [be] his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, ~

Deu_33_14 And for the precious fruits [brought forth] by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, ~

Deu_33_15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, ~

Deu_33_16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and [for] the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him [that was] separated from his brethren. ~

Deu_33_17 His glory [is like] the firstling of his bullock, and his horns [are like] the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they [are] the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they [are] the thousands of Manasseh. ~

Deu_33_18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. ~

Deu_33_19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck [of] the abundance of the seas, and [of] treasures hid in the sand. ~

Deu_33_20 And of Gad he said, Blessed [be] he that enlargeth Gad; he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. ~

Deu_33_21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the lawgiver, [was he] seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. ~

Deu_33_22 And of Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. ~

Deu_33_23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south. ~

Deu_33_24 And of Asher he said, [Let] Asher [be] blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. ~

Deu_33_25 Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be]. ~

Deu_33_26 [There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. ~

Deu_33_27 The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them]. ~

Deu_33_28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. ~

Deu_33_29 Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. ~